With the sad news of Adam Yauch 's passing, I am moved to recall the summers of my youth sitting in small cars, packed with tall, gawky friends listening to Beastie Boys cassettes played at volumes far too loud to be healthy. We all knew every word, each pause - every last syllable. We were alive and this was our soundtrack. And so I struggled for the last 24 hours on how to best memorialize MCA - the loss still not fully realized. And it came to me that there's nothing I could write that would be more meaningful from a ...

Words by Victoria Russell Ever since I first heard Fighting Fire in early 2011, I’ve been keeping a close eye on Jess Mills ’ music. So far she’s released/been featured on 4 EPs: Fighting Fire (collaboration with DnB & Dubstep producer Breakage), Vultures , Live For What I’d Die For and Pixelated People . All Jess’ EPs have been really refreshing to listen to, as they explore elements that aren’t currently at the forefront of the music ‘scene’. Considering all this, you won’t be at all surprised that I jumped at the chance of being able to review Jess’ live set at ‘Shepherds Bush Empire’ (supporting Emeli Sandé). At 8:30, on the dot, Jess emerged. She looked fabulous in a black and white body suit, (don’t quote me on that though, the lighting made colours tricky to define!), several silver bangles/bracelets and natural looking makeup. Once the spotlight was on full beam and a calming blue wash covered the back of the stage, an acoustic rendition of 'Pixelated People' began. Being used to the original with synths and a heavy sub bass, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the song sounded with a vocal and piano/keyboard arrangement. The drums then kicked in, providing a heavy beat that got the crowds’ heads nodding. Next up was 'Ghosts'. Like all of her tracks, the lyrics were thought provoking and sung with sincerity; but what particularly impressed, was the combination of deep lyrics, dark synth lines and Breakbeat drums. It’s very difficult to create a ‘dancey’ track that is also powerful on an emotional level; Jess nailed it! 'How Could This Be Love' followed on swiftly. This time, the gentle drums, mellow piano and echoed vocals really allowed Jess to own the ...

Fuck the bells and whistles. Fuck musical dress-ups.  Kids of Zoo  dress down for the occasion.  This is music that regards an amp’s distortion setting as more important than basic hygiene. If this isn’t ‘punk’, then I don’t know what is. Enter,  “Mechanical Foetus” . A jarring assemblage of guitar feedback and flippant one-liners that could very well be Australia’s best answer to  Mclusky .  It’s kind of like having your hearing aid turned up far too loud after taking a bunch of MDMA, to the point that each ear-splitting reverberation becomes semi-arousing… “Anal Pastry” gets my ...

Crazier than the idea of Skrillex and Ellie Goulding making plans with the local Vicar down the road in setting out a fictional wedding date for the future.. N3AKO swoops down at the last minute and rescues both parties from … Continue reading →

Crazier than the idea of Skrillex and Ellie Goulding making plans with the local Vicar down the road in setting out a fictional wedding date for the future.. N3AKO swoops down at the last minute and rescues both parties from … Continue reading →

N3AKO, I will be blacking out to this tonight. Well done good sir, well done… RAGE TO THIS

My man N3AKO is back with a sure party banger with a little mix of Loud">Far Too Loud and SchoolBoy called “Party World.” N3AKO recently won a contest and got to perform live down at Ultra this year. Congrats to him and stay tuned for some more dope music.

In new, new festival news, the electronic Noisily Festival , which is held in a secret location in Market Harborough, has unveiled some of the acts set to play the inaugural event. The over 18’s only weekend, held deep in a yet unknown forest near the Leicestershire town, boasts a line up featuring Spektre, Ed Solo, Loud">Far Too Loud and Spectrasoul. Held over the weekend of May 25th-27th, this will be the festivals first year and tickets range from £65 (for early bird) to £85. For more information head to the festivals official site . Full line-up as follows: Spektre ...

A man of many talents, Barry Ashworth, does this business with this week's DJ Mix. Whether as the Dub Pistols lunchpin, Westway records boss, in demand DJ or under the 're-ignited' Rumblefish monker with Will Hensel, Ashworth always gives it 100%. A fact we at Clash love him for ( And that memorable trip to Barbados ). So, need a soundtrack to kick off a whole heap of trouble? Ashworth is your man with this hour long, relentless mix that'll justify its place on your iPod as soon as you hit play. Listen to the mix above, download it for ...

DOUG WALLEN looks back on some records we may’ve overlooked amid the flurry of releases that closed out 2011. Feathers Hunter’s Moon (LP, Bon Voyage, 2011) Part Beat Happening and part Shop Assistants, Brisbane’s all-girl quartet Feathers make dream-pop that’s primitive, surf-bent and all too narcotic. Recorded in three hours in a 100-year-old cinema, this first album from their current line-up plays like some recovered C86 relic. There’s noise and psych in here too, but the dawdling vocals and thudding rhythm section keep things to a druggy snail’s pace. From the Raincoats-worthy ‘Early Morning ...

Team Jaguar is happy to announce we have recently been added to the killer line-up of artists over at Household Management out of Atlanta, GA. These guys are the shit and book for some of the craziest acts in the game - check out this line-up http://householdmgmt.com/artists/ Broke DJ’s, Calvertron, DARTH & VADER, Loud">Far Too Loud, Hostage, Mark Yurm, MILES DYSON, MORD FUSTANG, NAPT, Peo De Pitte, SHAROOZ, Street Lurkin, The Bolivian Marching Affair, TIM HEALEY and Utah Saints to name a few We are honored to be amongst such esteemed company. Check out our exclusive mix ...

"Megaloud" is Loud">Far Too Loud's latest electro banger. It is aggressively funky with the type of guttural bass line any electro house fan will love. Mix one part hip hop, one part dubstep, one part house and add methamphetamine to taste. BAM! Oli Cash is the Emeril Lagasse of electro-house.

Les Strobelights was recently “bored as shit” and put together this nice little mix perfect for a Friday night. Download: Les Strobelights – October Short Mix 2011 Tracklist: 01. Loud">Far Too Loud – Ready For The Stomping (Original Mix) 02. Boys Noize – Yeah (St. Beethoven Remix) 03. D.I.M. & Tai – Ion (Original Mix) [...]

JSK Once Again 12th October 2011 THaF Records Tracklist JSK – Once Again (Original Mix) JSK – Once Again (Nicolas Strands Remix) DJ Support Larry Tee – Ruling! HUGE Danny Bond (Gadgetman) – Cool track – cheers. RuN RiOT – Diggin the Nicolas Strands mix – full of groove n energy! Loud">Far Too Loud – [...]

Ferdee Ouija Funk 7th September 2011 THaF Records http://soundcloud.com/thaf/sets/ferdee-ouija-funk/ DJ Support DCUP – Favourite Track: Ouija Funk Loud">Far Too Loud – pretty mental SnapCrack – Superb Ep especially Ouija Funk. Adam K (Kiss FM Network) – good work ;0) Tim Thaler (BLN FM) – Favourite Track: Ghosts vs Funk Christian Homan (RTE Pulse Dublin) – [...]